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Forgotten Measures of Ancient Trade
Explore the world of obsolete measurement units once used for trade, land, and daily life in this themed crossword puzzle.
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Across
- 1. Liquid measure, a quarter of a pint
- 2. Ancient unit based on forearm length
- 4. Old English unit equal to 5.5 yards
- 5. Unit of distance once used in horse racing (220 yards)
- 8. Large cask for liquids, roughly 63 gallons
- 9. Medieval measure of cloth length, about 45 inches
- 10. Unit of weight or volume, one fourth of a hundredweight
Down
- 3. Land measurement equal to 66 feet
- 6. Nautical measure of depth, 6 feet
- 7. Old paper measurement sometimes used in printing
- 11. Seed roughly used to define inch originally
- 12. Unit of mass used in precious metals, 1/20 troy ounce
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